|
| Jan.2 |
San Jose |
|
Pakistani technology office to leave |
| Jan.3 |
San Francisco |
|
Providian to cut 800 jobs Credit card issuer will cut a 6% of its work force, to make the troubled company more efficient
| Jan.7 |
SF Downtown |
|
Apple introduces revamped iMac Flat-screen 15-inch display, faster processor and a new look
| Jan.15 |
Intel |
|
4th-quarter earnings beat forecasts |
| Jan.16 |
Milpitas |
|
LSI Logic will cut 1,400 jobs |
| |
Apple |
|
Apple meets Wall Street expectations |
| Jan.22 |
Mountain View |
|
Microsoft eliminates UltimateTV division |
| Jan.23 |
Los Gatos |
|
Wozniak Forms Mobile Start-Up |
| |
Eastern Span |
|
$1.04 billion contract |
| Jan.24 |
San Jose |
|
JDS cuts 2,000 jobs, posts loss |
| Jan.25 |
Santa Clara |
|
Beyond.com files for bankruptcy |
|
| Feb.5 |
Santa Clara |
|
Nvidia workers admit insider trading |
| Feb.6 |
Cisco |
|
Cisco beat 2nd-quarter expectations |
| Feb.13 |
HP |
|
HP earnings soar |
| Feb.14 |
Palo Alto |
|
PayPal prices IPO at $13 per share |
| Feb.18 |
Half Moon Bay |
|
Lottery winner comes forward |
| Feb.21 |
San Jose Downtown |
|
Cheney Talks Tech and Economy |
| Feb.28 |
Pleasanton |
|
John Madden Moves to ABC
|
| Mar.1 |
Albany |
|
Teachers to layoff |
| Mar.5 |
HP |
|
Research firm recommends merger
| Mar.6 |
HP |
|
Regulators Approve HP-Compaq Deal |
| Mar.7 |
Oakland |
|
Kaiser Permanente names new CEO George C. Halvorson will replace David Lawrence as chief executive officer of the nation's largest HMO
| Mar.8 |
Sun |
|
Sun sues Microsoft
| Mar.12 |
San Francisco |
|
NextCard fires 546 workers |
| Mar.19 |
HP |
 |
CEO claims victory in merger vote Dissident board member W. Hewlett insisted the vote remained too close to call
The turbulent shareholder meeting drew more than 2,000 mom-and-pop investors, current and past Hewlett-Packard employees. The 15,000 layoffs that are expected if the deal goes through. HP shares fell 45 cents, more than 2 percent, to $18.80
|
| |
| Mar.20 |
SF Downtown |
|
Pacific Stock Exchange closes |
| Mar.21 |
Palm |
|
Palm beats Wall Street expectations |
| Mar.24 |
Siebel |
|
Siebel becomes major industry lobbyist |
| Mar.29 |
OAK |
|
BART to OAK connector approved |
|
| Apr.1 |
Coliseum |
 |
McCartney opens U.S. concert tour Sold-out Oakland Arena, where the McCartney, 59, launched his first tour since 1993 for the audience of 18,000 screaming
| Apr.3 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
|
Bridge insurance to double |
| Apr.17 |
HP |
|
Independent: investors approve vote
| Apr.21 |
SF Downtown |
|
Restaurant goes to Supr. Court over tax
| Apr.25 |
San Jose |
|
Gates addresses minorities conference |
| Apr.30 |
HP |
|
Judge rules Compaq deal can continue
|
| May.1 |
Sun |
|
Sun president stepping down |
| |
Bay Bridge |
|
Big cranes slip under bridge
| May.3 |
HP |
|
Compaq acquisition officially closed
| May.7 |
HP |
|
Merger Layoffs Will Hit At Least 15,000 CEO Carly Fiorina says she will try to keep the lid on layoffs
| |
Cisco |
|
Cisco beats third-quarter expectations
| May.8 |
Pacific Heights |
|
Author Steel holds 26 parking permits |
| May.14 |
Napster |
|
Founder and CEO both step down
| May.17 |
Napster |
|
Bertelsmann to acquire assets
| May.21 |
Gap |
|
CEO announces retirement plans |
| May.23 |
Netflix |
|
Netflix gets thumbs up in IPO |
| May.30 |
Palm |
|
Revenue outlook lowered |
|
| Jun.3 |
Napster |
|
Napster files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Industry heavyweight Bertelsmann AG follows through on a plan to take over what's left of the Internet music-swapping service | |
| |
SF City Hall |
|
4.9 billion budget proposal |
| Jun.4 |
San Jose Downtown |
|
Bankruptcy looms for Symphony
| Jun.18 |
San Francisco |
|
Restaurant lost case in Supreme Court |
| |
Berkeley |
|
Politically Correct Coffee Plan
| |
Oracle |
|
Profit beat analysts' expectations |
| Jun.21 |
South San Jose |
|
Power Plant Groundbreaking |
| Jun.22 |
San Francisco |
|
Bars shut down during World Cup |
| Jun.24 |
Sun |
|
Layoffs allegedly favored foreign workers |
| Jun.27 |
Martinez |
|
Supervisors voted for 1,400-unit project |
| Jun.28 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
|
Toll hiked to $5 |
| |
San Francisco |
|
Gov. Davis unveils bullet trains
| Jun.30 |
SF Downtown |
|
Half million turn out for gay pride parade
|
| Jul.4 |
Dublin |
|
Former CEO admits securities fraud |
| Jul.8 |
eBay |
|
eBay buying payment provider PayPal Online auction giant is buying electronic payment facilitator for more than $1.3 billion in stock
| Jul.9 |
Belmont |
|
Pioneer of Gnutella dies at 25 Gene Kan, an unofficial spokesman for file-swapping Gnutella, found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound
| Jul.12 |
San Francisco |
|
Nurses strike averted |
| Jul.13 |
SF Downtown |
|
Robertson Stephens bank closed |
| Jul.16 |
Intel |
|
4,000 jobs trimmed Chip-making giant posted disappointing second-quarter earnings. Most of the reductions will be made through attrition | |
| Jul.17 |
Siebel |
|
Siebel cutting 1,100 jobs; profits plunge |
| Jul.18 |
Sun |
|
Returns to profitability in fourth quarter |
| Jul.19 |
Sun |
|
Sun Shares Off 27% |
| Jul.24 |
SF Downtown |
|
Rally in support of longshoremen |
| Jul.26 |
BART |
|
$1b seismic retrofit bond placed on ballot |
| Jul.29 |
SFO |
|
First train test ride to SFO |
|
| Aug.1 |
Milpitas |
|
Microsoft ex-president named CEO |
| Aug.8 |
Santa Clara |
|
SONICblue fires chief executive |
| Aug.16 |
Sunnyvale |
|
Loudcloud sold, renamed to Opsware |
| Aug.20 |
West San Jose |
|
Officials: development to overcome blaze |
| Aug.22 |
San Jose |
|
Executive sues junk faxer for $2.2 trillion |
| Aug.26 |
South SF |
|
Lotto winner stepped forward
| Aug.27 |
Novato |
|
Riverdeep acquires Broderbund |
| Aug.28 |
UC Berkeley |
|
Lecturers walked off job |
| Aug.29 |
Sun |
|
Sun to hit bottom part of revenue |
| Aug.30 |
Google |
|
Google Hires CFO |
|
| Sep.1 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
|
$5 toll to cross span Those with a FasTrak pass will pay $4. Last hike was in 1991
| Sep.2 |
Los Altos Hills |
|
Flap over massive new mansion |
| Sep.3 |
Napster |
|
Napster as Company Folds
| Sep.5 |
Santa Clara |
|
SONICblue cuts 25% work force |
| Sep.7 |
Genentech |
|
Big patent win vs. Chiron |
| Sep.12 |
Daly City |
|
Financial privacy ordinance |
| Sep.17 |
Schwab |
|
Schwab to cut 10% of staff
| |
Oracle |
|
Quarterly profit plunges 33% |
| Sep.25 |
HP |
|
HP to cut additional 1,800 jobs
| Sep.26 |
Gap |
|
Gap picks Disney exec as new CEO
| Sep.28 |
Oakland Port |
|
Port Idled by Lockout |
| Sep.29 |
Oakland Port |
|
Longshoremen Locked Out Again at Port |
|
| Oct.2 |
AMD |
|
Revenue shortfall warning
| Oct.3 |
Gap |
|
Jobs resigns from Gap's board |
| Oct.8 |
San Francisco |
|
Upside magazine folds |
| Oct.9 |
Yahoo |
|
3rd-quarter profit tops estimates |
| Oct.16 |
San Francisco |
|
Anchor Joe leaving KNTV |
| Oct.17 |
Sun |
|
Sun posts $111M loss, to cut 4,400 jobs
| Oct.21 |
San Francisco |
|
United reservation centers shut down
| Oct.29 |
San Mateo Bridge |
|
More Lanes Ready |
| Oct.31 |
Alameda County |
|
Loan foreclosure filings jump 36% |
|
| Nov.4 |
Santa Clara |
|
Appl. Materials to cut 800 Bay Area Jobs |
| Nov.5 |
San Francisco |
|
Hetch Hetchy bond measure approved A $1.6 billion bond measure is covering the city's share of revamping Hetch Hetchy, the aging water delivery system
| |
Berkeley |
|
Coffee measure fails
| Nov.6 |
Cisco |
|
Quarter earnings beat expectations |
| Nov.7 |
AMD |
|
AMD plans layoffs, will take large charge
| Nov.9 |
San Jose |
|
Silicon Valley's Jobless Rate 7.9% |
| Nov.10 |
El Cerrito |
|
Pair want to return 1 million AOL CDs
| Nov.11 |
SFO |
|
385 federally trained screeners |
| Nov.14 |
AMD |
|
Chip-maker to cut 2,000 jobs |
| Nov.19 |
Concord |
|
B of A Slashes more than 200 Jobs |
|
| Dec.5 |
San Francisco |
|
Singer sued Opera Association |
| Dec.6 |
Cupertino |
|
IBM to Buy Rational Software
| Dec.11 |
eBay |
|
eBay hit by credit card scam |
| |
Belmont |
|
Man wins 2 lottery contests on same day
| Dec.17 |
San Jose |
|
Firm acquitted of copyright infringement
| Dec.18 |
Oracle |
|
Performance better than expected |
| Dec.19 |
Benicia |
|
Endangered fish delayes bridge span |
| Dec.23 |
Yahoo |
|
Yahoo Buys Inktomi
| |
Sun |
|
Microsoft Ordered to Carry Sun's Java |
| Dec.27 |
eBay |
|
Bidding for town closes at $1.8 million
|
|
2002 |
| Apr.3 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
Bridge insurance to double |
| Jun.3 |
SF City Hall |
4.9 billion budget proposal |
| Aug.20 |
West San Jose |
Officials: development to overcome blaze |
| Sep.12 |
Daly City |
Financial privacy ordinance |
|
|
2002 |
| Jun.18 |
Berkeley |
Politically Correct Coffee Plan
| Jun.22 |
San Francisco |
Bars shut down during World Cup |
| Nov.5 |
Berkeley |
Coffee measure fails
|
|
2002 |
| Mar.5 |
HP |
Research firm recommends merger
| Mar.6 |
HP |
Regulators Approve HP-Compaq Deal |
| Mar.19 |
HP |
CEO claims victory in merger vote Dissident board member W. Hewlett insisted the vote remained too close to call
The turbulent shareholder meeting drew more than 2,000 mom-and-pop investors, current and past Hewlett-Packard employees. The 15,000 layoffs that are expected if the deal goes through. HP shares fell 45 cents, more than 2 percent, to $18.80
|
| |
| Apr.17 |
HP |
Independent: investors approve vote
| May.3 |
HP |
Compaq acquisition officially closed
| May.17 |
Napster |
Bertelsmann to acquire assets
| Jul.8 |
eBay |
eBay buying payment provider PayPal Online auction giant is buying electronic payment facilitator for more than $1.3 billion in stock
| Aug.27 |
Novato |
Riverdeep acquires Broderbund |
| Nov.5 |
San Francisco |
Hetch Hetchy bond measure approved A $1.6 billion bond measure is covering the city's share of revamping Hetch Hetchy, the aging water delivery system
| Nov.5 |
Berkeley |
Coffee measure fails
| Dec.6 |
Cupertino |
IBM to Buy Rational Software
| Dec.23 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo Buys Inktomi
|
|
2002 |
| Feb.5 |
Santa Clara |
Nvidia workers admit insider trading |
| Jul.4 |
Dublin |
Former CEO admits securities fraud |
|
|
2002 |
| May.8 |
Pacific Heights |
Author Steel holds 26 parking permits |
| Jun.3 |
SF City Hall |
4.9 billion budget proposal |
| Jun.18 |
Berkeley |
Politically Correct Coffee Plan
| Jun.22 |
San Francisco |
Bars shut down during World Cup |
| Jun.27 |
Martinez |
Supervisors voted for 1,400-unit project |
| Jun.28 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
Toll hiked to $5 |
| Sep.12 |
Daly City |
Financial privacy ordinance |
| Oct.29 |
San Mateo Bridge |
More Lanes Ready |
|
|
2002 |
| Jan.2 |
San Jose |
Pakistani technology office to leave |
| Feb.21 |
San Jose Downtown |
Cheney Talks Tech and Economy |
| Dec.17 |
San Jose |
Firm acquitted of copyright infringement
|
|
2002 |
| Jan.15 |
Intel |
4th-quarter earnings beat forecasts |
| Jan.16 |
Apple |
Apple meets Wall Street expectations |
| Feb.5 |
Santa Clara |
Nvidia workers admit insider trading |
| Feb.6 |
Cisco |
Cisco beat 2nd-quarter expectations |
| Feb.13 |
HP |
HP earnings soar |
| Mar.21 |
Palm |
Palm beats Wall Street expectations |
| May.7 |
Cisco |
Cisco beats third-quarter expectations
| May.30 |
Palm |
Revenue outlook lowered |
| Jun.18 |
Oracle |
Profit beat analysts' expectations |
| Jul.18 |
Sun |
Returns to profitability in fourth quarter |
| Aug.29 |
Sun |
Sun to hit bottom part of revenue |
| Sep.17 |
Oracle |
Quarterly profit plunges 33% |
| Oct.2 |
AMD |
Revenue shortfall warning
| Oct.9 |
Yahoo |
3rd-quarter profit tops estimates |
| Oct.17 |
Sun |
Sun posts $111M loss, to cut 4,400 jobs
| Nov.6 |
Cisco |
Quarter earnings beat expectations |
| Dec.18 |
Oracle |
Performance better than expected |
|
|
2002 |
| Jul.12 |
San Francisco |
Nurses strike averted |
| Jul.24 |
SF Downtown |
Rally in support of longshoremen |
| Aug.28 |
UC Berkeley |
Lecturers walked off job |
| Sep.28 |
Oakland Port |
Port Idled by Lockout |
| Sep.29 |
Oakland Port |
Longshoremen Locked Out Again at Port |
| Dec.17 |
San Jose |
Firm acquitted of copyright infringement
|
|
2002 |
| Feb.28 |
Pleasanton |
John Madden Moves to ABC
| Oct.8 |
San Francisco |
Upside magazine folds |
| Oct.16 |
San Francisco |
Anchor Joe leaving KNTV |
|
|
2002 |
| Jan.2 |
San Jose |
Pakistani technology office to leave |
| Jan.3 |
San Francisco |
Providian to cut 800 jobs Credit card issuer will cut a 6% of its work force, to make the troubled company more efficient
| Jan.16 |
Milpitas |
LSI Logic will cut 1,400 jobs |
| Jan.22 |
Mountain View |
Microsoft eliminates UltimateTV division |
| Jan.24 |
San Jose |
JDS cuts 2,000 jobs, posts loss |
| Mar.1 |
Albany |
Teachers to layoff |
| Mar.12 |
San Francisco |
NextCard fires 546 workers |
| May.7 |
HP |
Merger Layoffs Will Hit At Least 15,000 CEO Carly Fiorina says she will try to keep the lid on layoffs
| Jun.24 |
Sun |
Layoffs allegedly favored foreign workers |
| Jul.16 |
Intel |
4,000 jobs trimmed Chip-making giant posted disappointing second-quarter earnings. Most of the reductions will be made through attrition | |
| Jul.17 |
Siebel |
Siebel cutting 1,100 jobs; profits plunge |
| Sep.5 |
Santa Clara |
SONICblue cuts 25% work force |
| Sep.17 |
Schwab |
Schwab to cut 10% of staff
| Sep.25 |
HP |
HP to cut additional 1,800 jobs
| Oct.21 |
San Francisco |
United reservation centers shut down
| Nov.4 |
Santa Clara |
Appl. Materials to cut 800 Bay Area Jobs |
| Nov.7 |
AMD |
AMD plans layoffs, will take large charge
| Nov.9 |
San Jose |
Silicon Valley's Jobless Rate 7.9% |
| Nov.14 |
AMD |
Chip-maker to cut 2,000 jobs |
| Nov.19 |
Concord |
B of A Slashes more than 200 Jobs |
|
|
2002 |
| Jan.25 |
Santa Clara |
Beyond.com files for bankruptcy |
| Jun.3 |
Napster |
Napster files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Industry heavyweight Bertelsmann AG follows through on a plan to take over what's left of the Internet music-swapping service | |
| Jul.13 |
SF Downtown |
Robertson Stephens bank closed |
| Sep.3 |
Napster |
Napster as Company Folds
|
|
2002 |
| Jan.7 |
SF Downtown |
Apple introduces revamped iMac Flat-screen 15-inch display, faster processor and a new look
| Jan.23 |
Los Gatos |
Wozniak Forms Mobile Start-Up |
| Feb.21 |
San Jose Downtown |
Cheney Talks Tech and Economy |
| Nov.10 |
El Cerrito |
Pair want to return 1 million AOL CDs
| Dec.11 |
eBay |
eBay hit by credit card scam |
| Dec.27 |
eBay |
Bidding for town closes at $1.8 million
|
|
2002 |
| Feb.14 |
Palo Alto |
PayPal prices IPO at $13 per share |
| May.23 |
Netflix |
Netflix gets thumbs up in IPO |
|
|
2002 |
| Mar.8 |
Sun |
Sun sues Microsoft
| Apr.21 |
SF Downtown |
Restaurant goes to Supr. Court over tax
| Apr.30 |
HP |
Judge rules Compaq deal can continue
| Jun.18 |
San Francisco |
Restaurant lost case in Supreme Court |
| Aug.22 |
San Jose |
Executive sues junk faxer for $2.2 trillion |
| Sep.7 |
Genentech |
Big patent win vs. Chiron |
| Dec.5 |
San Francisco |
Singer sued Opera Association |
| Dec.17 |
San Jose |
Firm acquitted of copyright infringement
| Dec.23 |
Sun |
Microsoft Ordered to Carry Sun's Java |
|
|
2002 |
| Nov.11 |
SFO |
385 federally trained screeners |
|
|
2002 |
| Feb.18 |
Half Moon Bay |
Lottery winner comes forward |
| Aug.26 |
South SF |
Lotto winner stepped forward
| Dec.11 |
Belmont |
Man wins 2 lottery contests on same day
|
|
2002 |
| Aug.28 |
UC Berkeley |
Lecturers walked off job |
|
|
2002 |
| May.1 |
Bay Bridge |
Big cranes slip under bridge
| Dec.19 |
Benicia |
Endangered fish delayes bridge span |
|
|
2002 |
| Mar.24 |
Siebel |
Siebel becomes major industry lobbyist |
| Aug.16 |
Sunnyvale |
Loudcloud sold, renamed to Opsware |
| Dec.11 |
eBay |
eBay hit by credit card scam |
|
|
2002 |
| Mar.29 |
OAK |
BART to OAK connector approved |
| Jun.28 |
San Francisco |
Gov. Davis unveils bullet trains
| Jul.26 |
BART |
$1b seismic retrofit bond placed on ballot |
| Jul.29 |
SFO |
First train test ride to SFO |
| Sep.1 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
$5 toll to cross span Those with a FasTrak pass will pay $4. Last hike was in 1991
| Dec.19 |
Benicia |
Endangered fish delayes bridge span |
|
|
2002 |
| Feb.28 |
Pleasanton |
John Madden Moves to ABC
| Mar.1 |
Albany |
Teachers to layoff |
| Mar.7 |
Oakland |
Kaiser Permanente names new CEO George C. Halvorson will replace David Lawrence as chief executive officer of the nation's largest HMO
| Apr.25 |
San Jose |
Gates addresses minorities conference |
| May.1 |
Sun |
Sun president stepping down |
| May.14 |
Napster |
Founder and CEO both step down
| May.21 |
Gap |
CEO announces retirement plans |
| Jul.9 |
Belmont |
Pioneer of Gnutella dies at 25 Gene Kan, an unofficial spokesman for file-swapping Gnutella, found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound
| Aug.1 |
Milpitas |
Microsoft ex-president named CEO |
| Aug.8 |
Santa Clara |
SONICblue fires chief executive |
| Aug.30 |
Google |
Google Hires CFO |
| Sep.26 |
Gap |
Gap picks Disney exec as new CEO
| Oct.3 |
Gap |
Jobs resigns from Gap's board |
|
|
2002 |
| Jan.23 |
Eastern Span |
$1.04 billion contract |
|
|
2002 |
| Mar.20 |
SF Downtown |
Pacific Stock Exchange closes |
| Jul.4 |
Dublin |
Former CEO admits securities fraud |
| Jul.19 |
Sun |
Sun Shares Off 27% |
|
|
2002 |
| Jun.27 |
Martinez |
Supervisors voted for 1,400-unit project |
| Jul.24 |
SF Downtown |
Rally in support of longshoremen |
| Sep.2 |
Los Altos Hills |
Flap over massive new mansion |
| Oct.31 |
Alameda County |
Loan foreclosure filings jump 36% |
| Nov.5 |
San Francisco |
Hetch Hetchy bond measure approved A $1.6 billion bond measure is covering the city's share of revamping Hetch Hetchy, the aging water delivery system
|
|
2002 |
| Aug.20 |
West San Jose |
Officials: development to overcome blaze |
|
|
2002 |
| Jun.30 |
SF Downtown |
Half million turn out for gay pride parade
|
|
2002 |
| Apr.1 |
Coliseum |
McCartney opens U.S. concert tour Sold-out Oakland Arena, where the McCartney, 59, launched his first tour since 1993 for the audience of 18,000 screaming
| Jun.4 |
San Jose Downtown |
Bankruptcy looms for Symphony
| Jun.30 |
SF Downtown |
Half million turn out for gay pride parade
|
|
2002 |
| Jul.9 |
Belmont |
Pioneer of Gnutella dies at 25 Gene Kan, an unofficial spokesman for file-swapping Gnutella, found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound
|
|
2002 |
| Jun.21 |
South San Jose |
Power Plant Groundbreaking |